While my children were at their one-day school, I had a physiotherapy appointment and then my second immunotherapy infusion. Both these appointments took place at the same private cancer treatment centre.

Now, 18 years later, after suffering from cervical cancer, secondary lung cancer, and treatment-related myelodysplasia, she is alive, well, and cancer-free. Thanks for that. Good to hear that is not the norm. And yes this is a great group. So needed for those with OC.I was massively depressed. With cervical cancer, it’s not just about having a lump cut off,” she said. “Knowing that I would never have my own children was utterly devastating.” So well written and easy to follow I read the book in just over 24hours as I literally couldn’t put it down and have since gone through it again, much more slowly making more detailed notes. If you’ve got cancer, this is THE book to read. I’m about a third way through as I’m writing this. I’ve already learned some critical knowledge that I hadn’t previously realised could be so important. I’ve been obsessed about health & nutrition all my life. Just one of the new insights I’m learning, only from reading this book, is that certain foods and supplements that are healthy and positive for preventing cancer, or preventing or treating cardiovascular problems, diabetes and other chronic health conditions will actually support the development and spread of cancer if you’ve already got it.

I will explain the basics of cancer metabolism and how you can target the numerous weak spots to increase your chances of a full remission. Similar to Jane, having a parent diagnosed with terminal cancer set me on this research pathway initially and the line in the book stating how her own mothers death may have saved her own life really sent shivers down my spine and tears rolling down my face, I’d felt exactly the same about my own fathers diagnosis and passing. The parallels just felt so numerable even right down to the Riverford Organic deliveries which I’d started having some months before!For me this book is an absolute must read for all those dealing with a cancer diagnosis, either in the UK or worldwide, especially those with a higher stage who have been offered no ‘cure’. Terri” and I were diagnosed with Stage 3c epithelial ovarian/primary peritoneal cancer at the same time, at the same age. We had the same chemo, on the same schedule, the same amount of times. The things that were DIFFERENT about us all seemed to be in HER favor. I was overweight, she was normal weight. Her diet was entirely “plant based,” mine was decidedly, NOT. No co-morbidities for Terri, but I had diabetes, hypothyroidism, and, oh yeah, STAGE 3 COLON CANCER – the same cancer as Chris Wark, btw, whose videos we agreed to watch and then discuss. Neither of us could get beyond the hard-sell marketing that was loud enough to drown out how he claims to have “cured” himself, and I got a “blame the victim” vibe that a lot of “self-help” gurus rely on to explain why something didn’t work. In other words, if it worked for you then it’s proof that the promise was good, but if it didn't it’s because you didn’t do it right – you didn’t fully commit. In short, YOU are what failed you, not the method.

Jane’s book, How To Starve Cancer, is ultimately the story of her own miraculous recovery and her journey to pass on what she learned to others. Starving cancer involves taking a combination of low-toxicity drugs, not normally used for cancer, alongside a low glycaemic diet and powerful supplements. This combination ‘starves’ cancer of glucose, glutamine and fat, so the cancer cells cannot survive. However, I knew that with metastatic disease more was needed if I wanted to survive, which is something my oncologist and the rest of my medical team could not offer me. I joined an online support group for other metastatic breast cancer patients and that’s where I found out about Jane McLelland’s How to Starve Cancer book. I also joined her Facebook group to learn more. Another member kindly sent me her copy, and then I made a start. how to starve the cancer (each cancer has a unique metabolic fingerprint, it is not all about glucose, some cancers feed off amino acids, some love fat, even ketones!) Today I have an interview with my friend and 15-year holistic terminal cancer survivor Jane McLelland, author of How to Starve Cancer.While cancer cells prefer glucose and low carb or ketogenic diets have been found to help slow cancer growth, cancer cells can also use fat and ketones for fuel to grow. Diagnosed stage 4 colon cancer March 2018. Made 2 liver resection in 2018 and 2019 and colon resection in 2019 , since my diagnosis am battling this beast with both standard medical line treatments and natural and parallel non conventional treatments, I was introduced to Jane’s book via search engines after the progression of my cancer I was desperate to find ways to stop it so I bought Jane’s book and read it carefully and begin applying her map and ideas closing all pathways on cancer as well. I was introduced to her Facebook which is another great source to collect ideas and experiences of all people sharing their success and failure stories. I am 27 months from diagnosis and I am still on my feet traveling on monthly basis and working 14 hours daily 7 days weekly, surely with the help of the non conventional treatments inspired from Janes’ book and Facebook and other sources. You could see that my approach had slowed the tumor’s growth,” said McLelland. “I may have had that tumor for a long time. That was actually quite reassuring for me.”